Day 1 of the International Moth Class – Oceania Championship was dominated by the Kiwi pair, Mattias Coutts with a win and two second places and Jacob Pye with two race wins and a fourth place.
Coutts leads after four races with 11 pts, second is Pye with 12 pts, then a tight group led by third placed Riley Gibbs with 20 pts, Richard Didham with 21 pts and Harry Melges on 25 pts, all USA.
Best placed British competitor is 47th placed Hattie Rogers, who only finished two races.
Racing is taking place at the Manly Sailing Club, New Zealand.
Following this warm-up event will be the 2024 International Moth World Championship commencing Saturday 4 January, which has 148 entries.
British entries include Ed Gatehouse, Philip Rees, Simon Hiscocks, Rupert Jagtiani, Hattie Rogers, Ed Gatehouse and Philip Rees.
International Moth – PredictWind 2024 Oceania Championship
Leading scores after 4 races (73 entries)
1st 5107 Mattias COUTTS M Youth 2.0 6.0 2.0 1.0 – – 11 pts
2nd 5006 Jacob PYE M Youth 1.0 1.0 4.0 6.0 – – 12 pts
3rd 5124 Riley GIBBS M Open 11.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 – – 20 pts
4th 5 Richard DIDHAM M Open 3.0 9.0 7.0 2.0 – – 21 pts
5th 8 Harry MELGES M Youth 4.0 5.0 8.0 8.0 – – 25 pts
6th 5123 Sam STREET M Open 5.0 7.0 6.0 12.0 – – 30 pts
7th 2 Massimo CONTESSI M Open 9.0 13.0 9.0 4.0 – – 35 pts
8th 5007 Ben ROSENBERG M Youth 6.0 14.0 10.0 5.0 – – 35 pts
9th 5055 Scott BABBAGE M Open 13.0 4.0 11.0 9.0 – – 37 pts
10th 9 Enzo BALANGER M Youth 1.0 4.0 3.0 DNC – – 46 pts
11th 5108 Ryan LITTLECHILD M Youth 5.0 5.0 1.0 DNF – – 49 pts
12th 5170 Nicolai JACOBSEN M Youth 6.0 3.0 2.0 DNC – – 49 pts
13th 5111 Francesco BIANCHI M Open 12.0 17.0 14.0 7.0 – – 50 pts
14th 5106 George LEE RUSH M Youth 3.0 7.0 5.0 DNC – – 53 pts
15th 5110 Jack BENNETT M Youth 20.0 11.0 5.0 18.0 – – 54 pts
16th 4961 Jean-Baptiste BERNAZ M Open 16.0 12.0 17.0 10.0 – – 55 pts
17th 5065 Seb MENZIES M Youth 13.0 1.0 4.0 DNC – – 56 pts
18th 5109 Otto HENRY M Youth 7.0 10.0 1.0 RET – – 56 pts
19th 4909 Jann SCHUEPBACH M Youth 8.0 22.0 18.0 11.0 – – 59 pts
20th 5063 George GAUTREY M Open 19.0 2.0 24.0 19.0 – – 64 pts